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GraceLand

von Chris Abani

Fiction Cultural Studies Postcolonial Studies

ISBN

0312425287

Verlag

Picador

Erschienen

26.01.2005

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Komme während der Öffnungszeiten vorbei und leihe ein verfügbares Exemplar aus.

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Fiction Cultural Identity Postcolonialism Nigeria Lagos Father-Son Relationship Coming of Age American Influence Cross-Cultural Teenage Protagonist Urban Setting Lyrical Writing Nuanced Narrative African Literature Social Commentary Elvis Impersonator Globalization Family Dynamics Literary Fiction Contemporary Fiction

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